Umbrella



F. HAITZ.

UMBRBLLA.

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33315 14120/ @Hom/WHO @WVM/wow@ UNITED STATES PATENT Ormea.

FREDRICK HAITZ, OF TOWANDA, ILLINOIS.

UMBRELLA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Paten-t No. 360,294, dated March 29, 1887.

Application tiled June 28, 1886. Serial No. 206,471. (No model.)

.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDRICK HAITZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Towanda, in the county of McLean and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Umbrellas, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to an improvement in umbrellas, adapted to be attached to a wagon or othervehicle or to an agricultural machinesuch as a mowing-machine, a grainbinder, or corn-planter; and it consists in the peculiar construction and combination of devices that will be more fully set forth hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

This invention is an improvement on the umbrella for .which Letters Patent of the United States No. 326,213 were granted to me September 15, 1885.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 is an inverted plan view.

A represents an umbrellarod, which is adapted to tit on the horizontal arm of an umbrella support, such as described in Letters Patent of the United States No. 314,290, granted to me March 24,1885, and No.826,214,

. lgranted to me September 15, 1885, and in my application for Letters Patent of the United States of even date herewith. The rod A is provided near its lower end with a detentspring, B, and at a suitable distance from its upper end the said rod is also provided with a similar detentspring, C.

D represents a hollow cylindrical thimble, which is of considerable length and is secured to the umbrella-rofl, and is free to slide vertically thereon, so as to permit the said rod to be withdrawn from the thimble when it is desired to detach the umbrella from its rod. On the upper end of the rod is secured a ferrule or cap by means of a transverse pin, E, which extends through the said ferrule and the upper end ofthe rod. This ferrule prevents the thimbleD from slipping from the rod, but is removable by first withdrawing the pin E, thereby permitting the thimble D to be removed from the rod when desired. The lower portion of the thiinbleD is reduced in diameter, as shown, and on the said reduced portion is fitted a thimble, F, which -is adapted to slide over the rod. Near the upper end of the thimble D is a circular projecting flange, D', to which the upper ends of the ribs of the umbrella are pivoted in the usual manner. The thimble F is also provided near its upper end with a projecting circular flange, E', to which the lower ends ofthe usual stays are pivoted, the upper ends of the said stays being pivoted to the ribs of the umbrella at a suitable distance from the lower ends of the said ribs.

The object of my invention is to provide an umbrella of sufficient strength to withstand ordinary wind-storms and prevent the umbrella from being` blown inside out and broken or destroyed by the force of the winds, and to this end I provide a third sliding thimble, I, which tits on the lower end of the thimble F.

From one side of the thimble I projects a pin, G, and to the thimble D is attached a depending engagingspring, H, the lower end of which is provided with a series of openings, h,

either of which is adapted to engage the pin G of the thimble I, so as to secure the thimbles D, F, and I together.

To the thimble I (the upper end of which is provided with the usual grooved flange, I,) are pivoted the lower ends of a number of auXiliary stays, K. lo each ot' the said stays, at about the center thereof, is pivoted a pair ot stay-arms, K. The outer ends ot' the said stays K and stayvarms K are provided with hooks k.

L represents a series of keepers, which are pivoted to the ribs of the umbrella, near the outer ends thereof'. The said keepers are composed each of astrip of sheet metal bent around the rib, and having its ends pressed together .and provided with a transverse opening, I.

The hooks 7tof the auxiliary stays K and the stay-arms K engage with the openings Z of the keepers, thereby attaching the said auxiliary stays and stay-arms to the ribs of the umbrella, 'near the outer ends thereof', and 4thus so effectually strengthening the umbrella as to enable it to be carried in ordinary Wind-storms without the danger of its being turned inside out or broken or destroyed.

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In ordinary Weather the auxiliary stays and stay-arms may be detached from the ribs and the thimble I detached from the thimble F, thus reducing the Weight of the umbrella.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The combination, in an umbrella, of the thimble D, the ribs pivoted thereto, the thimble F on the thimble Dand removable thereyfrom, the stay-rods connecting the thimble F with the ribs, the thimble I on the thimble -F and removable therefrom, and the stay-rods connecting the said thimble I with the ribs,

substantially as described.

2. flhe combination, with an umbrella having the keepers L attached to the ribs, of the thimble I, the auxiliary stay-rods K, pivoted to the said thimble, and the stay-arms K,piv oted to the said auxiliary stay-rods, the said auxiliary stay-rods and stay-armshaving the 2o hooks 7c, adapted to engage the keepers L, for thepurposesetforth,substantiallyasdescribed.

. In testimony that I claim the foregoing asmy own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses. y

FREDRIGK HAITZ.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM B. OARLocIr, STEPHEN CASEY. 

